Sentence examples for is nominated against from inspiring English sources

The track is nominated against Sam Smith's Golden Globe-winning Bond theme "Writing's On the Wall," David Lang's "Simple Song #3," "Til It Happens To You" by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga, and "Manta Ray" by J. Ralph and Antony and the Johnsons' Antony Hegarty (the nods for "Till It Happens to You" and "Manta Ray" marked the first time in Oscar history that songs from two documentaries are nominated).

It's a shame, in a way, that they've been nominated against each other.

Mulligan's co-stars, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne-Marie Duff, were nominated against each other in the best supporting actress category.

With the Party split and an insurgent candidate about to be nominated against a backdrop of violent incidents and rising public concern, some analysts see parallels to the tumultuous 1968 Democratic Convention, in Chicago.

This rampant popularity escalates to him even being nominated against his will to join in on the Elder election.

Breckinridge accepted the nomination, but maintained that he had not sought it and that he had been nominated "against my expressed wishes".

At the 37th People's Choice Awards, she was nominated against Dempsey and Oh in the Favorite TV Doctor category, and the following year, she was a contender in the Favorite TV Drama Actress category.

Ahmadjan Madmarov, an Uzbek activist, is nominated for his work against arbitrary detention.

Sir David Attenborough, whose BBC1 series The Hunt is nominated, warned the government against playing "fast and loose" with the BBC.

The play's star, Helen Mirren, is nominated for best actress, up against Hattie Morahan for Carrie Cracknell's Young Vic revival of Ibsen's A Doll's House, Billie Piper for Lucy Prebble's drug-trial play The Effect, and Kristin Scott Thomas in Ian Rickson's West End production of Old Times.

Channel 4's hit classroom reality show, Educating Yorkshire, is nominated for best documentary series, against Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald, Penguins - Spy in the Huddle and Paul O'Grady's Working Britain.